Re: Patches to add s3cmd and python-magic

[Efraim Flashner]

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:25:36PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Before the s3cmd package gets submitted, I'd like to confirm first that
> it meets the Free System Distribution Guidelines for inclusion in Guix:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
> 
> I wonder whether it meets those guidelines because I see language like
> the following on other pages that are linked from there:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#CloudComputing
> "Another meaning (which overlaps that but is not the same thing) is
> Service as a Software Substitute, which denies you control over your
> computing. You should never use SaaSS."
> 
> And here:
> 
> https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
> "With free software, we, the users, take back control of our
> computing. Proprietary software still exists, but we can exclude it from
> our lives and many of us have done so. However, we are now offered
> another tempting way to cede control over our computing: Service as a
> Software Substitute (SaaSS). For our freedom's sake, we have to reject
> that too."
> 
> The purpose of s3cmd is to provide a command-line interface to Amazon S3
> and CloudFront, which are services.  The only use for s3cmd is to enable
> people to use those services.  With that in mind, does s3cmd meet the
> guidelines for inclusion, or does it not?  I'm not sure, and I would
> appreciate a second opinion.
> 
> -- 
> Chris

S3 has become so ubiquitous that there are other providers out there who
offer S3 compatable storage (as you noted), and we have accepted other
packages that offer interaction with S3 storage.


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